Marian Kukiel

Marian Kukiel (15 May 1885-15 August 1972) was a Major-General of the Polish Army during the Polish-Soviet War and World War II.

Biography
Marian Kukiel was born on 15 May 1885 in Dabrowa Tarnowska, Congress Poland, Russian Empire. In 1908, he participated in the creation of the Union of Active Struggle to achieve the independence of Poland, and he led the Polish 20th Brigade during the Polish-Soviet War in 1919 to 1921. In 1926, he entered the reserves after Jozef Pilsudski's May Coup, but in 1939 he took part in the defense of Lwow during World War II. From 1939 to 1940 he served as Vice-Minister of War in the Polish government-in-exile, and from 1943 to 1945 he was Minister of War. After the war's end, Kukiel moved to England and went into exile, dying in London on 15 August 1972.